Norman Gasbarro | January 26, 2012
William Thompson of Tower City was born about 1839 or 1840 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of Alexander Thompson (1805-1873), an immigrant from Scotland who emigrated to America in 1828 to engage in various pursuits including flour milling, lumbering and mining. William Thompson‘s mother was the first wife of Alexander, Isabella Stoddart Pennman (1816-1851). […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 21, 2012
The two original lots here, #2 and #4, may have been the first lots sold by Simon Gratz when a transaction was made in 1811. The first owner was John Orndorff who was believed to be the first doctor to live in Gratz. Ordorff had a difficult time in that he lost the property, had […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 14, 2012
On 21 July 1860, Gideon S. Stare of Mahantongo Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, applied for admission to the Gratz chapter of the International Order of Odd Fellows(I.O.O.F.). He signed the application indicating that the information he provided was truthful. At the time, he declared that he was an “M.D.” (a physician), and was 28 years […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 6, 2012
One of the many challenges in researching the individuals who are associated with the Civil War Research Project is in separating the records of men with the same name as other men who also served in Pennsylvania regiments in the Civil War. The case study below presents some of the kinds of records that must […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 4, 2012
The following obituary appeared in a local newspaper at the time of the death of Henry Feindt (1842-1914). There is no date on the article nor was the name of the newspaper noted. The clipping was saved in a scrapbook that is now in the collection of Sally Reiner of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. LYKENS […]
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